Mother's Day

I hope everyone had a great mother's day!
As I said in my last post once mother's day passes I would post my homemade gifts. 
First, I made my mom a bracelet (each bead had a different meaning) and then a box to store it in.  The original idea can be found here. I modified it slightly and mine doesn't look as "perfect" but I'm still glad with the result and my mom loved it!  Also, in the process of making the bracelet, I found nice beads for CHEAP on http://www.dollarbead.com/, the quality was good and I received my beads quickly, I was impressed b/c the sight doesn't look like much but I figured I'd give it a try since beads are usually pretty pricey.  I do recommend!

Now, for my mother-in-law, I made a gift that was from all her kids.  It's called a Memory Jar, which is pretty amazing (my mom even made one for my grandma b/c she loved the idea) The original can be found here.  She loved her gift as well.  Each of her kids contributed 4-5 memories.  She said she wants them to add atleast one new memory every year (great idea!!) Here's the pictures of the finished product.  ( used a basic jar rather than a penny jar because I couldn't find one small enough. My mom later found one that was smaller than the original at Walmart)

Well I hope that these ideas inspire you! They can really be given for any occasion, like a birthday =]
I'll try to post more often, just been so busy! Summer session starts next week so I'll be at school twice a week. And working when I'm not in school. So we'll see!